On Saturdays we catch up with the non-finance related items that we didn’t get to earlier in the week. You can check out last week’s edition here. Have a great weekend!
Quote of the Day
"Dialysis is the canary in the coal mine for American healthcare overall."
(Tom Mueller)
Transport
- How Mercedes Benz's level 3 self-driving tool, Drive Pilot, works in practice. (theverge.com)
- Biking isn't really gaining ground as a means of commuting in the U.S. (bloomberg.com)
- How truck stops are adapting the EV era. (nytimes.com)
- How EVs will kill the gas station. (slate.com)
Energy
- Big battery projects are helping to keep the lights on. (wsj.com)
- First Solar ($FSLR) stands out as a domestic solar panel manufacturer. (nytimes.com)
- Rare earth minerals are abundant in northern Canada. The problem is they sit below peat bogs. (wsj.com)
Environment
- Antarctic ice is down this year by a lot. (washingtonpost.com)
- Saltwater is making its way toward New Orleans' water supply. (wsj.com)
- How satellites are helping researchers track deforestation. (axios.com)
- Sea glass is on the decline as single-use plastics dominate. (theconversation.com)
- Lego found making bricks with recycled plastic bottles too difficult. (ft.com)
- Can AI be used to forecast hurricanes? (arstechnica.com)
Travel
- Frequent flier programs may no longer be worth the bother. (marketwatch.com)
- The off-season travel season is shortening due to warming weather. (nytimes.com)
- Cruise companies keep buying their own private islands. (wsj.com)
- Do airplane flights cause digestive problems? (scientificamerican.com)
Science
- Warming weather is unearthing all manner of fossils, putting them at risk. (nytimes.com)
- Quagga mussels are ruining Great Lakes shipwrecks. (apnews.com)
- Why aren't we doing more to protect Native American monuments in Ohio? (slate.com)
Behavior
- Why your brain looks for winning streaks everywhere. (scientificamerican.com)
- Eight insights to help avoid unnecessary suffering. (theatlantic.com)
- Norwegians spend a lot of time in nature. (theguardian.com)
Covid
- Nursing homes need Covid vaccines, stat. (nytimes.com)
- Getting Paxlovid for the immunocomprised is still too difficult. (statnews.com)
- We really don't have a handle on the prevalence of long Covid. (newscientist.com)
Pharmaceuticals
- The drug colchicine has been shown to treat heart inflammation. (wsj.com)
- RSV vaccine recommendations are nuanced. (statnews.com)
- The market for new antibiotics is broken. (wsj.com)
- Will OTC Narcan actually reduce overdose deaths? (npr.org)
- Good news for blue horseshoe crabs. (npr.org)
Health
- Why are so people many saying they won't get seasonal vaccines this year? (statnews.com)
- The calendar of human fertility is changing. (theatlantic.com)
- Five insights from "Tyranny of the Gene: Personalized Medicine and Its Threat to Public Health" by James Tabery. (nextbigideaclub.com)
- How to lose 20 pounds in three months. (artofmanliness.com)
- A warmer world is great for fungi, not so great for humans. (arstechnica.com)
Cannabis
- Cannabis use in your teens could have long term effects. (fatherly.com)
- Frequent cannabis use may be bad for cardiovascular health. (newscientist.com)
Coffee
- How to read a bag of coffee beans. (theconversation.com)
- Another reason to drink more coffee. (newatlas.com)
Food
- CRISPR is the future of livestock breeding. (modernfarmer.com)
- Research is on to find heat and drought-resistant fruits and vegetables. (nytimes.com)
- Dynamic pricing could help reduce food waste, but it is challenging to implement. (eater.com)
- How spreading crushed volcanic improves farm soil and sequesters carbon, to boot. (modernfarmer.com)
- Cultivated meat technology opens up a lot of possibilities. (vox.com)
Drink
- Just how risky is moderate drinking? (scientificamerican.com)
- Why DoorDash won't deliver alcohol to college campuses. (fingers.email)
- Can Chicago's Jeppson’s Malört go national? (insidehook.com)
- Can an open bottle of bourbon go bad? (gardenandgun.com)
Sports
- Not everyone is happy about F1 coming to Las Vegas. (nytimes.com)
- The future of golf is golf simulators. (fastcompany.com)
- How the Chicago White Sox cap became a hip hop go-to. (mlb.com)
- Pickleball is trying to reduce its noise problem. (cnbc.com)
College
- Why college costs are so misleading. (nationalaffairs.com)
- The College Cost Transparency Initiative is starting to work. (washingtonpost.com)
- When an early-decision is a big financial gamble. (marketwatch.com)
- Why UK universities are in crisis. (wsj.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- What you missed in our Friday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Podcast links: making meetings better. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Netflix's DVD-by-mail business is winding up. (abnormalreturns.com)
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